... is so so rich.
i often feel like the wealthiest person alive...
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
He has set eternity in the hearts of EVERY man...
For the first time ever I feel like I can say that I truly know what Jesus meant when he said he came to give life, and give it to the fullest.
I've been experiencing nothing but the fullness that Jesus intends for our lives to have. It's challenging though because it has come in a strange way.
I am finding fullness in realizing that my "church" is not the same place that I worship on Sundays. I have found fullness and contentment in my church being with the 20 people that meet in a Kent apt and wrestle through life together. I have found fullness in my church also being with the 5 other people in Columbus who desire to see social justice and "new Jerusalem." Those five others who desire to see the kingdom come to Columbus are are going to invest their lives with me to see it happen. That is church... and not where I thought I would find church. I can finally feel joy about the fact that I go to a church building and as a place of worship and get to make the church come alive with the people I'm around.
It is great to see and feel the body of Christ come alive. I have not seen or felt that in quite some time... and maybe I never really did.
I feel fullness from realizing that your church should be a place and a people affected by you just as equally as you are affected by them. If you can leave your church and it does not make an impact on the body or if you can leave and people won't realize it... that's a problem. A church should be affected by your presence/absence just as your family is.
I truly believe that it was the way church was intended to be...
When you have 2000 pew sitters gather on a Sunday morning... how do you know who came in the doors looking for help? How do you know who came in hungry or broken looking for help? How does a church that big know the needs of the people gathered? People come and go undetected and that is an honest tragedy.
Yet somehow I am finding fullness in that. I am finding fullness in the hearts of my friends who are being touched by the spirit. I am finding fullness in things that I never thought I could.
Fullness in simplicity.
Fullness in rest.
This fullness is coming in abundance... (thank you!!)
I can breathe easier because I know I'm not alone.. and I know I don't ever have to be alone.
We were not created to live lonely and completely independent lives...
We just were not.
It's okay to lean...
I've been experiencing nothing but the fullness that Jesus intends for our lives to have. It's challenging though because it has come in a strange way.
I am finding fullness in realizing that my "church" is not the same place that I worship on Sundays. I have found fullness and contentment in my church being with the 20 people that meet in a Kent apt and wrestle through life together. I have found fullness in my church also being with the 5 other people in Columbus who desire to see social justice and "new Jerusalem." Those five others who desire to see the kingdom come to Columbus are are going to invest their lives with me to see it happen. That is church... and not where I thought I would find church. I can finally feel joy about the fact that I go to a church building and as a place of worship and get to make the church come alive with the people I'm around.
It is great to see and feel the body of Christ come alive. I have not seen or felt that in quite some time... and maybe I never really did.
I feel fullness from realizing that your church should be a place and a people affected by you just as equally as you are affected by them. If you can leave your church and it does not make an impact on the body or if you can leave and people won't realize it... that's a problem. A church should be affected by your presence/absence just as your family is.
I truly believe that it was the way church was intended to be...
When you have 2000 pew sitters gather on a Sunday morning... how do you know who came in the doors looking for help? How do you know who came in hungry or broken looking for help? How does a church that big know the needs of the people gathered? People come and go undetected and that is an honest tragedy.
Yet somehow I am finding fullness in that. I am finding fullness in the hearts of my friends who are being touched by the spirit. I am finding fullness in things that I never thought I could.
Fullness in simplicity.
Fullness in rest.
This fullness is coming in abundance... (thank you!!)
I can breathe easier because I know I'm not alone.. and I know I don't ever have to be alone.
We were not created to live lonely and completely independent lives...
We just were not.
It's okay to lean...
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
SFC
Lexington and New Monasticism was a life changing time this weekend...
Lots of things to pray about... lots more things to change...
The kingdom is coming to Columbus! Halleluiah!
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